Fred's 2016 Painting Diary

[Techno]

Definitely more red, Forbes !
DFS is right. That horde really looks spiffy. 

Cheers - Phil

[Subedai]

I haven't the faintest idea of what that last lot are but they do look very nice.

Just had a look on fleabay for Epic flying stuff...silly money being asked. I've got one of those mole digging things and someone wants £98 for one. Hah!

MickS

[fred.]

Thanks chaps - the horde has expended since that photo! Not too many of those are GW Epic, there might actually be more GW 28mm 40k figures in there than epic ones. Most of the infantry are from Onslaught, and there is a fair amount from DRM too. Even a few Pendraken!!

As to eBay prices for Epic - there are a few models that are rare that actually sell for lots, there are also lots of models that people would like to sell for lots but rarely do. I tend to have various saved searches, and keep watching them for stuff at sensible prices. Some stuff is so hard to get hold of that its much easier to buy 3rd party stuff.

[fred.]

Armoured parts painted pale sand, backs of legs and a few other bits dark red. White on shooty weapons to act as a base for green, and a few white highlights on the sand. Tided up the black bits.
Next add some grey highlights to the black, and the green on the weapons, then seem what else needs doing. There is so much surface area, it feels like I need to do a bit more than just block paint and wash.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good Forbes!

[Techno]

There is so much surface area, it feels like I need to do a bit more than just block paint and wash.

White on shooty weapons to act as a base for green,

Wait until you've 'greened' the white areas, Forbes. That's going to make it look very different.

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

I haven't the faintest idea of what that last lot are but they do look very nice.

Just had a look on fleabay for Epic flying stuff...silly money being asked. I've got one of those mole digging things and someone wants £98 for one. Hah!

MickS

For what its worth, I sold a lot of the epic nids a while back. Mostly infantry and a few trygons. Also one big titan.got about 40£ for it. That's a reasonable price.don't believe any of that buy it now crap. The trade forum over at the tactical command forum has the more sensible prices going around. Maybe if nothing else was around you could go by the silly prices, but as said, there are toi many substitutes available to warrant those prices.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thanks for the tip, I'll go look for that...

[Subedai]

And me.


#fred. Nice looking though it is, that multi-coloured behemoth you have posted a couple of pictures of...I am still trying to work out which way up it should be. I can make no sense of it at all.

Your sincerely, Totally Confused from Kent.

(I know, probably just me.)

MickS

[fred.]

And me.


#fred. Nice looking though it is, that multi-coloured behemoth you have posted a couple of pictures of...I am still trying to work out which way up it should be. I can make no sense of it at all.

Your sincerely, Totally Confused from Kent.

(I know, probably just me.)

MickS

It's a bit of a strange beasty  - not helped by the cluttered background and high contrast paint scheme.
In the top picture it is facing right, you can just see he head (brown) with big mandibles, under one of the gun arms.
The front legs are very tall and straight with overlapping white armoured plates. The back legs are more like dog's legs and painted red.

The tail curls back under neath as well, to complicate the overall shape.

[fred.]

Tyranid Hierodule Bio-Titan







Got a brown wash done on the bone armour this morning, and some detailing done this evenening, green on the guns, some grey highlights on the black. Getting there now. Might brighten up some of the red.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looks awesome

[Techno]

Very nice indeed, Forbes.

Cheers - Phil

[Subedai]

Aha! Got the general gist of the thing now. Nice artwork. Agree about lightening up the red a notch and might I suggest a cream drybrush along the edges of the legs and other washed bits.

MickS

[DFlynSqrl]

Very cool.   

[fred.]

Thanks chaps.

Aha! Got the general gist of the thing now. Nice artwork. Agree about lightening up the red a notch and might I suggest a cream drybrush along the edges of the legs and other washed bits.

Yep, good spot, the wash has pooled in a few places darkening things up a bit too much.

Played more mini epic last night. Squats vs Orks



This is mid-game, with the Orks pressing, but ultimately get shot up quite a lot by the Squats, ended with a big Squat victory (based on holding objectives and formations destroyed).

[petercooman]

Looks good!

The rocks look great on the table too!

[Techno]

Wot Peter sed.

Cheers - Phil

[fred.]

Thanks chaps.

The rocks worked well in game too. Blocking line of sight and movement. At one point the Ork Gargant was shuffling one way and the other around it!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking great Forbes!